One dead after crash near Village of Erin
The aftermath of a fatal crash near the Town of Erin. (OPP/Twitter)
The passenger of a vehicle has died after a single-vehicle collision near the Village of Erin, according to Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
In a video posted to Twitter, Joshua Cunningham, media officer with Wellington County OPP, said emergency services responded around 6:45 a.m. Friday morning to a single-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck. The crash happened at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Erin-Garfraxa Townline Road near Erin.
In a news release, OPP said the driver was treated for minor injuries while the passenger, a 76-year-old resident of Erin, died in hospital.
Investigations are ongoing. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
The video, which was posted just after 10 a.m., showed a road closure along Winston Churchill Boulevard.
“Investigators are still on scene. They’re preparing to relocate vehicles. We expect [the road] to reopen within an hour or so,” Cunningham told CTV, just after noon on Friday.
The footage posted to Twitter appears to show the truck went off the roadway and crashed into a tree.
“Reconstructionist will be responsible to determine the sequence of events but the vehicle was nestled into a tree line first when responders got to the scene,” said Cunningham.
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